thursday

today i dressed hazel in a summer outfit 

she's sure to outgrow before summer

isn't she a doll?

how young do ballet classes start?

she's (i'm) really excited...

noah in undies playing a song on the kazoo for hazel

here he is eating stawberries for breakfast

almost 3 and in a bib

just to be the same as hazel

oh and a funny story for you

see this dog?

cute....

right?

he has a funny history

before my sister andre`a married her husband james

he lived here in kent

away from his family

his mom asked him if he needed anything for his apartment

he expected her to send him something useful

but instead she sent him this dog

to make his bachelor pad more "homey"

which he oddly left behind for us when they got married and moved to boston

they didn't have much room in the car they drove over

i guess..

so we had a dog

i never liked it much

he looks very real and it kind of weirds me out

i'm not too into fake animals waiting by your door

or in your lawn

he had a welcome sign that came off after too much playing

but noah loved him

and our old neighbor's too

all the kids who come over always want to play with him

he gets taken for rides on the back of the tricycle

noah carries him around

and has him watch him play with his toys

until......

today

noah had a fit and was mad at michael so 

he threw his friend under the bus

not really--he threw his friend (d0g) at his dad

and this is the result:

i kind of want to fix him

i've grown really accustomed to having him around

i even use him as decor in our living room now

but michael wants to teach noah a lesson 

and show him there are consequences to throwing

and mistreating things

which is important

and we all know noah needs to learn these things

so...

goodbye, doggie 

(that was his name)